My grandmother called yesterday. She'd subscribed my two older daughters to a magazine (it has different age levels, so each gets her own). She said she had just wanted to let me know she'd received a renewal notice and she'd be renewing the magazines. I was puzzled at this, because I didn't *think* they'd been getting the magazine for a year already. Thanks to this thread, I knew that magazines try to get you to renew and renew and renew. So I accessed our account online and discovered that we're up for renewal in December, not now. So I was able to tell her that, and she can save her money for six months. I'm contemplating whether I should contact the magazine and tell them that I'm disappointed in them. They might contract out that sort of thing to another company. But, nonetheless, it definitely doesn't give me happy thoughts when thinking of them, and I *do* like the magazine a lot!

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My grandmother called yesterday. She'd subscribed my two older daughters to a magazine (it has different age levels, so each gets her own). She said she had just wanted to let me know she'd received a renewal notice and she'd be renewing the magazines. I was puzzled at this, because I didn't *think* they'd been getting the magazine for a year already. Thanks to this thread, I knew that magazines try to get you to renew and renew and renew. So I accessed our account online and discovered that we're up for renewal in December, not now. So I was able to tell her that, and she can save her money for six months. I'm contemplating whether I should contact the magazine and tell them that I'm disappointed in them. They might contract out that sort of thing to another company. But, nonetheless, it definitely doesn't give me happy thoughts when thinking of them, and I *do* like the magazine a lot!

These renewal notices may have nothing to do with the publisher of the magazine at all.

Every issue of Harper's has a box warning subscribers against fake renewal notices.

Also, the mailing label on each magazine we receive has the date of the last issue printed on it somewhere.

My grandmother called yesterday. She'd subscribed my two older daughters to a magazine (it has different age levels, so each gets her own). She said she had just wanted to let me know she'd received a renewal notice and she'd be renewing the magazines. I was puzzled at this, because I didn't *think* they'd been getting the magazine for a year already. Thanks to this thread, I knew that magazines try to get you to renew and renew and renew. So I accessed our account online and discovered that we're up for renewal in December, not now. So I was able to tell her that, and she can save her money for six months. I'm contemplating whether I should contact the magazine and tell them that I'm disappointed in them. They might contract out that sort of thing to another company. But, nonetheless, it definitely doesn't give me happy thoughts when thinking of them, and I *do* like the magazine a lot!

It probably wouldn't do any good as they all do it. Drives me up the wall too.

My grandmother called yesterday. She'd subscribed my two older daughters to a magazine (it has different age levels, so each gets her own). She said she had just wanted to let me know she'd received a renewal notice and she'd be renewing the magazines. I was puzzled at this, because I didn't *think* they'd been getting the magazine for a year already. Thanks to this thread, I knew that magazines try to get you to renew and renew and renew. So I accessed our account online and discovered that we're up for renewal in December, not now. So I was able to tell her that, and she can save her money for six months. I'm contemplating whether I should contact the magazine and tell them that I'm disappointed in them. They might contract out that sort of thing to another company. But, nonetheless, it definitely doesn't give me happy thoughts when thinking of them, and I *do* like the magazine a lot!

These renewal notices may have nothing to do with the publisher of the magazine at all.

Every issue of Harper's has a box warning subscribers against fake renewal notices.

Also, the mailing label on each magazine we receive has the date of the last issue printed on it somewhere.

I didn't know that...about the fake renewal notices.

Like MommyPenguin, I've been disappointed in Taste of Home and Reader's Digest for the constant renewal notices. I registered online and only pay attention to the online notices and just throw the bi-monthly 'Expiring!' notices in the garbage. I never noticed a warning box on those magazines and since the notices sometimes come with the magazines, I'm inclined to believe they're actually coming from the magazine.

Sigh- Reader`s Digest and the constant renewal notices! My dad just kept sending them a check for both his and my gift subscription, mom called me to see if that sounded right, she finally calls them to straighten things out - comes down to, we now both have subscriptions paid in full until 2019! I told mom that given the state of the periodical industry, I have no confidence there will even be a print version in 2019, and I know my parents, no way they are going to read an online edition. We told dad in no uncertain terms, no more checks to RD in your lifetime!

My grandmother called yesterday. She'd subscribed my two older daughters to a magazine (it has different age levels, so each gets her own). She said she had just wanted to let me know she'd received a renewal notice and she'd be renewing the magazines. I was puzzled at this, because I didn't *think* they'd been getting the magazine for a year already. Thanks to this thread, I knew that magazines try to get you to renew and renew and renew. So I accessed our account online and discovered that we're up for renewal in December, not now. So I was able to tell her that, and she can save her money for six months. I'm contemplating whether I should contact the magazine and tell them that I'm disappointed in them. They might contract out that sort of thing to another company. But, nonetheless, it definitely doesn't give me happy thoughts when thinking of them, and I *do* like the magazine a lot!

These renewal notices may have nothing to do with the publisher of the magazine at all.

Every issue of Harper's has a box warning subscribers against fake renewal notices.

Also, the mailing label on each magazine we receive has the date of the last issue printed on it somewhere.

I didn't know that...about the fake renewal notices.

Like MommyPenguin, I've been disappointed in Taste of Home and Reader's Digest for the constant renewal notices. I registered online and only pay attention to the online notices and just throw the bi-monthly 'Expiring!' notices in the garbage. I never noticed a warning box on those magazines and since the notices sometimes come with the magazines, I'm inclined to believe they're actually coming from the magazine.

But I'll pay more attention now for sure!

There may be some fake renewal notices, but I'm sure 99.9% are legit and they're trying to get you to send them more money. I get renewal notices all the time and I can't remember the last time one didn't come from the magazine or with the magazine.